For the NHS, data saves lives, in the children’s sector, data is an afterthought

Is data the first thing you think of when you consider how to transform the lives of the most vulnerable children and families in the country? It might not be. Data is often sidelined because we think data is simply numbers, facts and depersonalised information that is difficult to access and interpret. But good quality […]
Guidance for the sector on evidence-based working: the National Framework and Practice Guides

Following the Department for Education’s publication of the new Children’s Social Care National Framework, our Deputy Chief Executive Donna Molloy explains how we are working to support the Framework through the creation of evidence-based Practice Guides for leaders and decision makers. Last week, the Department for Education published the Children’s Social Care National Framework, an important […]
Bradford: Relationships Matter
Use of evidence-based tools and guidance in service design and commissioning
Kirklees: Learning from local stakeholders to strengthen the local response to reducing parental conflict
Developing local approaches to improve services for minority ethnic children & families
Haringey: Developing a parental conflict needs assessment to strengthen partnerships, enhancing Family Hubs planning
Sefton: Using a local outcomes framework to promote service integration across Reducing Parental Conflict and Early Help
Doncaster: Engaging with local drug and alcohol services to strengthen reducing parental conflict support
Tower Hamlets: Developing a theory of change on family mediation as part of the reducing parental conflict offer
Practice Guides: supporting evidence-based practice in children’s social care

The commitment to developing new national Practice Guides in line with the “Stable Homes, Built on Love” vision marks a significant policy shift by the Department for Education (DfE). A new Children’s Social Care National Framework (CSCNF) is being created to provide clarity about the outcomes Children’s Social Care should achieve. This will be supported […]